Autographic register



Nov. 3 1925 1,560,195

E. J. BARKER AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Jan. 1'7, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l LZf/'wss A Nov. 3, 19245.

E.J.BARKER AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Jan. 17, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ENGL'AND J'. BARKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED AUTOGRPHIC REGISTER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Application led January 17, 1924. Serial No. 686,780.

To aZZ 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ENGLAND J. BAKKER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new"and useful Improvement in an Autographic Register, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to autographic registers wherein one or more strips of paper are folded back and forth to provide a stack or stacks, and the strip or strips are fed therefrom to and'across the platen and are ejected therefrom at the delivery end. More particularly, my invention relates .to lnovel means formaintaining the packs or stacks of folded forms in a neat and compact manner so that they may be readily fed therefrom to the platen.

One of the objects of my invention is the provision 4of a suitable tray or holder that may be readily inserted in or removed from the interior of the register and which is so constructed that it may be employed in an autographic register that .is designed to bel operated with the usual yieldablevvhubs that are employed in autographic registers, using strips of` paper in rolls whereby the folded packs may be substituted for the rolls of paper. Another pbject of my invention resides in providing a structure of this charn acter that is made from sheet metal so that it may be readily stamped out with dies and the parts assembled at a relatively small cost. Further objects reside in providing a novel means for retaining packs of folded forms for an autographic register which is so .constructed that it will readily co-operate with an autographic register of the usual type by simply removing the spring-pressed hubs that carry the rolls of paper. My improved device is so made that when it is properly installed it will be positively maintained in its position by certain portions of the register structure and is thereby pre-l vented from shifting'about and causing confusion in the feeding ofthe stripsofpaper.

I prefer to carry' out my invention in substantially the manner hereinafter fully described and as more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being now had to the accompanying drawings that illustrate a preferred or typical embodiment of my invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal side view of an autographic register, a' portion of the adjacent side wall being broken away and the platen being partly in section and show ing my tray in position.

Fig. 2 is a vertical end elevation of the lower portion of the right hand end 0f the structure shown in Figure 1 and slightly enlarged.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of the tray removed from the register.

Fig. 4 is aschematic view showing a pack or stack of folded forms made from a continuous strip of paper.

Referring more particularly to Figures 1 and 2, it will be seen the register preferably comprises a platen or writing bed 5 across which the strips of record paper 6 are fed,

which platen is mounted in the upper pormounted upon this hinge rod 11 as seen in Figures 1 and 2.

The base 9 usually comprises a wooden frame of rectangular shape, the edges of which are provided with shoulders so as to provide upstanding portions 13 extending around the base, and the vertical side walls of the stationary section are secured in any suitable manner to the longitudinal portions of the base at the shoulders 13 thereof. v 5

In an autographic rigister, when the same employs forms-printed upon a continuous strip wound upon a spool or core, suitable rotatable hubs are mounted upon yieldable supports secured to the side walls 8 and 12 of the register, and the rolls of paper strips are carried upon these hubs so that they may be freely rotated during the feeding of the strips. Some users of autographic registers prefer the tickets or forms to be printed upon continuous strips of paper and the latter folded into acks or stacks, as shown in Figure 4. In t is instance, the strip of paper is usually folded back and forth upon itself until a stack or package of the desired size is made. In order to maintain the packs of paper thus folded and stacked I have designed the tray illustrated in perspective detail in Figure 3 of the drawings. This tray preferably comprises a base portion having downturned ends and to which end walls and a driving wall are secured to space the packs and maintain them in the desiredpositions. In the drawing I have shown the structure as consisting of longitudinally disposed flat strips of metal 14 forming side rails that are spaced apart and arranged parallel'to each other a distance suiicient to permit of their disposition between the side walls of the register structure. These strips of metal have their ends turned downwardly to provide feet .or stops 15 at each end, and se-y cured to the upper surface of these strips are vertically disposed L-shaped plates 16, 17 andhlS that arepositioned transverse to the strips. The intermediate plate 17 has its lateral portion or right angle flange 19 mounted flat upon the upper surfaces of the strips or side rails 14 and are secured thereto by means of rivets or in any other suitable manner so vthat the plate 17 will be disposed at a right angle to the plane of the base of the tray and form the dividing wall for the packs. This plate 17 is placed substantially midway the ends yof the tray so as to divide the same into equal sections. The plate 18 at one end of the tray has its lower flange 2O slightly wider than the flange 19 of the intermediate plate so that when the same is mounted at the end of the base upon the strips 4 there willbe a short overhanging portion, as seen in Figures 1 and 3. The other plate 16 has its lower ange 21 secured to the upper surface of the base in the same manner as the other plates, and

. saidplate is mounted a slight. distance back of the adjacent end of the base of the tray so-that the ends of the strips 14 form L- shaped extensions 22 that pro]ect beyond the vertical plane of the plate 16.

When the tray is inserted into the register with the packs of folded paper disposed in the compartments provided by the plates 16, 17 and 18, the L-shaped extensions 22 are inserted first and are slid under the hinge yrod 11 heretofore referred to. The tray is then moved longitudinally until the shouldered lateral portions or bent ends 15 of the extensions will drop over the upper portion of the shoulder edge 13 of the register base 9 at the adjacent end thereof, in which position the outer surface of the end late 16 will come into contact with the inge rod 11 and prevent further longitudinal movement of the tray. The opposite end of the tray may then be' lowered, so' that the adjacent lateral portions or bent ends 15 of the bottom strip of the tray will engage with the upper portion of the shoulder edge 13 of the register base 9 so as to further maintain the tray against accidental longitudinal movement. 'lhe side walls 8 of the register frame prevent transverse or lateral movement of the tray and maintain the stacks of folded paper in position so that the record sheets may be readily fed into the register and across the platen from the respective compartments or pockets in the manner shown in Figure 1.

It is obvious the bottom of the tray may be of a single sheet of metal or other material cut the desired length and width, and its ends either bent downwardly or provided with removable or adjustable stops for maintaining the structure against longitudinal movement, or this tray may be fabricated entirely from an integral sheet ofmetal with tongues stampedout to provide wardly to provide the end walls. I therefore desire it understood that all such vthe retaining elements and the ends bent upchanges are fully contemplated as included within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. An autographic register comprising a base, the ends of which are shouldered, side walls extending upwardly from the longitudinal sides of said base, a platen suitably mounted in the upper portion of said register, a tray removably disposed upon said base and adapted to receive a package of folded paper, the ends of said tray being provided with downturned elements to engage the shoulders at the ends of said base whereby accidental displacement and longitudinal movement of the tray is prevented. l

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2. In an autographic register, a base, a

platen, means secured to said base and supporting the platen in spaced relation thereto, a cross-rod spaced slightly above said base, a tray for containing folded forms and consisting of end walls, and a bottom havin one end ent downwardly to engage the a jacent end of said base and one end of saidr bottom inserted between said base and rod whereby accidental displacement and longitudinal movement of said tray is prevented.

3. In an autographic register, a basephaving a shoulder at one en a platen, means secured to said base and supporting said platen in spaced relation thereto, a tray for containing folded forms and consisting of end walls, a bottom, and a downwardly extending element at one end of said bottom engaged with said shoulder on the register base and a cross-rod extending from -side .to side of the register slightly above said bottom whereby lto. prevent accidental displacement of the tray.

4. In fcombination with an auto i aphi.

register having a base the end e ges of which are shouldered, of a movable tray comprising Ja plurality of vertical walls disposed transversely of theinterior of the register, and a bottom element the ends of which are bent downwardly and engage the shouldered portion l of said register base whereby said ,tray is maintaied against p ed paper in an autographic register com-V prising a plurality ofvertical spaced walls, means' connecting said walls, and downwardly extending lateral elements for enagement with adjacent portions vof a register whereby said `tray is maintained against longitudinal movement with respect thereto.

Signed at Chicago, count of Cook, and

`State of Illinois, this 11th ay of January, .1924. J

i ENGLAND J. BARKER. 

